John 3
1 Now there was a man among the Pharisees whose name was Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
Bijaše pak èovjek meðu farisejima, po imenu Nikodim, knez Jevrejski.
2 The same went to Jesus at night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that you have come as a teacher from God, because no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.”
Ovaj doðe k Isusu noæu i reèe mu: Ravi! znamo da si ti uèitelj od Boga došao; jer niko ne može èudesa ovijeh èiniti koja ti èiniš ako nije Bog s njim.
3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly I say to you, unless someone is begotten from Above, he is not able to see the kingdom of God.”
Odgovori Isus i reèe mu: zaista, zaista ti kažem: ako se ko nanovo ne rodi, ne može vidjeti carstva Božijega.
4 Nicodemus says to Him: “How can a man be begotten, being old? He can't enter his mother's womb a second time and be born, can he?”
Reèe Nikodim njemu: kako se može èovjek roditi kad je star? eda li može po drugi put uæi u utrobu matere svoje i roditi se?
5 Jesus answered: “Most assuredly I say to you, unless someone is begotten by water and Spirit he is not able to enter the kingdom of God.
Odgovori Isus: zaista, zaista ti kažem: ako se ko ne rodi vodom i Duhom, ne može uæi u carstvo Božije.
6 That which has been begotten by the flesh is flesh, and that which has been begotten by the Spirit is spirit.
Što je roðeno od tijela, tijelo je; a što je roðeno od Duha, duh je.
7 Do not be perplexed that I said to you, ‘You (pl) need to be begotten from Above.’
Ne èudi se što ti rekoh: valja vam se nanovo roditi.
8 The wind blows where it wishes, and you (sg) hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who has been begotten by the Spirit.”
Duh diše gdje hoæe, i glas njegov èuješ, a ne znaš otkuda dolazi i kuda ide; tako je svaki èovjek koji je roðen od Duha.
9 Nicodemus answered and said to Him, “How can these things be?”
Odgovori Nikodim i reèe mu: kako može to biti?
10 Jesus answered and said to Him: “You are the teacher of Israel, yet you do not understand these things?
Isus odgovori i reèe mu: ti si uèitelj Izrailjev, i to li ne znaš?
11 Most assuredly I say to you, we speak what we know and testify to what we have seen, but you (pl) do not receive our testimony.
Zaista, zaista ti kažem da mi govorimo što znamo, i svjedoèimo što vidjesmo, i svjedoèanstva našega ne primate.
12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I should tell you the heavenly?
Kad vam kazah zemaljsko pa ne vjerujete, kako æete vjerovati ako vam kažem nebesko?
13 No one has gone up into Heaven except the One who came down out of Heaven —the Son of the Man, who is in Heaven.
I niko se ne pope na nebo osim koji siðe s neba, sin èovjeèij koji je na nebu.
14 Also, just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, just so the Son of the Man must be lifted up,
I kao što Mojsije podiže zmiju u pustinji, tako treba sin èovjeèij da se podigne,
15 so that everyone who believes into Him should not be wasted, but should have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
Da nijedan koji ga vjeruje ne pogine, nego da ima život vjeèni: (aiōnios g166)
16 Because God loved the world so much that He gave His only begotten Son, so that everyone who believes into Him should not be wasted, but should have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
Jer Bogu tako omilje svijet da je i sina svojega jedinorodnoga dao, da nijedan koji ga vjeruje ne pogine, nego da ima život vjeèni. (aiōnios g166)
17 For God did not send His Son into the world in order to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him.
Jer Bog ne posla sina svojega na svijet da sudi svijetu, nego da se svijet spase kroza nj.
18 The one believing into Him is not condemned, but the one not believing has already been condemned, because he has not believed into the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Koji njega vjeruje ne sudi mu se, a koji ne vjeruje veæ je osuðen, jer ne vjerova u ime jedinorodnoga sina Božijega.
19 “Now this is the basis for the condemning, that the Light has come into the world, but the people loved the darkness rather than the Light, because their deeds were malignant.
A sud je ovaj što vidjelo doðe na svijet, i ljudima omilje veæma tama negoli vidjelo; jer njihova djela bijahu zla.
20 For whoever practices evil hates the Light and does not come to the Light, so that his deeds may not be exposed.
Jer svaki koji zlo èini mrzi na vidjelo i ne ide k vidjelu da ne pokaraju djela njegovijeh, jer su zla.
21 But whoever does the truth comes to the Light so that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they are done in God.”
A ko istinu èini ide k vidjelu, da se vide djela njegova, jer su u Bogu uèinjena.
22 After these things Jesus, with His disciples, went into the Judean countryside, and there He spent time with them and baptized.
A potom doðe Isus i uèenici njegovi u Judejsku zemlju, i ondje življaše s njima i kršæavaše.
23 Now John also was baptizing in Aenon, near Salem, because there was plenty of water there. And people were coming and being baptized;
A Jovan kršæavaše u Enonu blizu Salima, jer ondje bješe mnogo vode; i dolažahu te ih kršæavaše.
24 for John had not yet been thrown into prison.
Jer još ne bijaše Jovan baèen u tamnicu.
25 Then some of John's disciples had an argument with a Judean about purification.
Tada postade raspra meðu uèenicima Jovanovijem i Jevrejima oko èišæenja.
26 So they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, the One who was with you across the Jordan, about whom you have testified—well, here He is baptizing, and everyone is flocking to Him!”
I doðoše k Jovanu i rekoše mu: Ravi! onaj što bješe s tobom preko Jordana, za koga si ti svjedoèio, evo on kršæava, i svi idu k njemu.
27 John answered and said: “A person can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from Heaven.
Jovan odgovori i reèe: ne može èovjek ništa primati ako mu ne bude dano s neba.
28 You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but I have been sent ahead of Him.’
Vi sami meni svjedoèite da rekoh: ja nijesam Hristos, nego sam poslan pred njim.
29 He who has the bride is the bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and hears him, has great joy at the bridegroom's voice. So this my joy has been fulfilled.
Ko ima nevjestu ženik je, a prijatelj ženikov stoji i sluša ga, i radošæu raduje se glasu ženikovu. Ova dakle radost moja ispuni se.
30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
Onaj treba da raste, a ja da se umaljujem.
31 “He who comes from Above is above all; he who is from the earth is earthly, and speaks of the earth. He who comes from Heaven is above all.
Koji odozgo dolazi nad svima je; koji je sa zemlje od zemlje je, i govori od zemlje; koji dolazi s neba nad svima je.
32 And to what He has seen and heard He testifies, yet no one receives His testimony.
I što vidje i èu ono svjedoèi; i svjedoèanstva njegova niko ne prima.
33 The one who receives His testimony certifies that God is true.
Koji primi njegovo svjedoèanstvo, potvrdi da je Bog istinit.
34 For He whom God sent speaks God's words, because God does not give the Spirit by measure.
Jer koga Bog posla, onaj rijeèi Božije govori: jer Bog Duha ne daje na mjeru.
35 The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand.
Jer otac ljubi sina, i sve dade u ruke njegove.
